ONLY 9 v Australia and a strike rate below 100! We M-U-S-T make this newest hype wait another 5 years before he gets a do-or-die series (score at least 50 in each innings or be banished forever) with the national team. Surely we can wait even more with great, experienced players like DaRok, Nazimuddin, Aumi, Imroze and Zia just waiting to set international cricket on fire. Even Rajin, Mushfik Babu, "Decans", "Sejan", MS and SR Shubho, Mithun and Myshukur would do better than this newest fifth columnist. Heck, bring Golla out of retirement.

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Had U-19 and the intl stage were same obviously we would be World #1, if not around #3 or #4, no? Chopping and changing with inexperienced players and banking on hope is not good for any team. A reminder of Graham Smith comments are necessary time to time for having a strong BD side. Plus see current Zim. And if that doesn't help see Pujara, Kohli and so many others who had to wait. Waiting is a good thing not bad.

Had U-19 and the intl stage were same obviously we would be World #1, if not around #3 or #4, no? Chopping and changing with inexperienced players and banking on hope is not good for any team. A reminder of Graham Smith comments are necessary time to time for having a strong BD side. Plus see current Zim. And if that doesn't help see Pujara, Kohli and so many others who had to wait. Waiting is a good thing not bad.

Some players are ready way before. Shakib, tamim, mushy, Nasir, Rubel are examples of teenage debutants who are rock solid members of our team in at least one format. Most relevant is that ALL of them were either mediocre players or unimpressive the first few seasons. Anamul is ready now because he has talent + application. Guys like nazimuddin kayes etc are more limited players who require seasoning. Ashraful has played domestics for how long now? Shikse kisu? If anamul is destined to fail he will fail regardless of getting 2-3 unecessary seasons in a weak domestic league. What would Lebron have gAined by staying in college for 2 years?

Besides most of our international engagement are against WI/SL/ZIM and other weaker sides. Were not touring SA anytime soon.

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Some players are ready way before. Shakib, tamim, mushy, Nasir, Rubel are examples of teenage debutants who are rock solid members of our team in at least one format. Most relevant is that ALL of them were either mediocre players or unimpressive the first few seasons. Anamul is ready now because he has talent + application. Guys like nazimuddin kayes etc are more limited players who require seasoning. Ashraful has played domestics for how long now? Shikse kisu? If anamul is destined to fail he will fail regardless of getting 2-3 unecessary seasons in a weak domestic league. What would Lebron have gAined by staying in college for 2 years?

Besides most of our international engagement are against WI/SL/ZIM and other weaker sides. Were not touring SA anytime soon.

echoing what Furqaan bhai said directly and also sohel from his sarcastic post

I think it will do no harm giving this guy a go. If he has the mentality for international cricket then why hold back? And hold back to where? Our first class tournaments thukku tournament that is similar to picnic cricket.

If he is mentally prepared then give him chances. Some say giving a chance early ruins one career. Well I disagree. If a promising star fails when he got an early chance, how can we gurantee that weve spoiled his career? If he cant perform now how can we gurantee that he couldve been a much cricketer later on?

It appears as though people aren't opposed to Anam being included because he's not ready, but out of fear that he will somehow fail. If its the former, than people need to have their heads examined! Anam has a very un-Bangladeshi habit of hitting hundreds at every level he's played in. I have no qualms of keeping Anam in every A team tour for the next 4 years, so long as he's also playing in every Test. We don't play enough Tests to worry about burn out and neither does he bowl or keep wicket at the highest level.

To reiterate, Tamim was drafted into the side based purely on potential and 2 sixes he hit against a woeful Zimbabwe team. That was it, thats the whole reason he was picked. He didn't turn out too badly.

Did Nasir even have any FC or List A hundreds before he made his debut?

Anam has hit 5 FC hundreds already, 3 hundreds in YODIs, has a YTest MoM award, led a YWC in run scoring, has hit hundreds in the DPL, had a 169 vs a RSA Academy side where every bowler had first class exposure, has scored runs in foreign conditions, has batted up the order and in tough situations. Contrary to needing more "seasoning" as if he's mere meat, never has a Bangladeshi teenager been MORE ready for the national team! No one has a guarantee of preparedness, but this is as close as you can ever get.

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
It appears as though people aren't opposed to Anam being included because he's not ready, but out of fear that he will somehow fail. If its the former, than people need to have their heads examined! Anam has a very un-Bangladeshi habit of hitting hundreds at every level he's played in. I have no qualms of keeping Anam in every A team tour for the next 4 years, so long as he's also playing in every Test. We don't play enough Tests to worry about burn out and neither does he bowl or keep wicket at the highest level.

To reiterate, Tamim was drafted into the side based purely on potential and 2 sixes he hit against a woeful Zimbabwe team. That was it, thats the whole reason he was picked. He didn't turn out too badly.

Did Nasir even have any FC or List A hundreds before he made his debut?

Anam has hit 5 FC hundreds already, 3 hundreds in YODIs, has a YTest MoM award, led a YWC in run scoring, has hit hundreds in the DPL, had a 169 vs a RSA Academy side where every bowler had first class exposure, has scored runs in foreign conditions, has batted up the order and in tough situations. Contrary to needing more "seasoning" as if he's mere meat, never has a Bangladeshi teenager been MORE ready for the national team! No one has a guarantee of preparedness, but this is as close as you can ever get.

yes he's definitely more ready than any other youngster has been when being fast tracked to the national team, actually he's on par or ahead of a lot of players that haven't been fast tracked and worked a bit more to get there.

i'm not surprised this fear is here, ash was a major talent that went wrong, we also had aftab and kapali who were pretty big talents, but BD cricket was in a different place, different results were expected, the occasional great innings and occasional win was ok back then, nowadays more is expected and even though BD still aren't great at developing talent they are better than they were back then when those guys first came through.

Originally Posted by Gowza
yes he's definitely more ready than any other youngster has been when being fast tracked to the national team, actually he's on par or ahead of a lot of players that haven't been fast tracked and worked a bit more to get there.

i'm not surprised this fear is here, ash was a major talent that went wrong, we also had aftab and kapali who were pretty big talents, but BD cricket was in a different place, different results were expected, the occasional great innings and occasional win was ok back then, nowadays more is expected and even though BD still aren't great at developing talent they are better than they were back then when those guys first came through.

But Shakib, Tamim, Mushfiq, Nasir all debuted after AAA. Yes we have Imrul, Jahirul, Nazimuddin, but those guys were always "hard-working" types who lacked the inheret "talent" of the aforementioned. Also they came in on the back of a single season of domestic play.

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
But Shakib, Tamim, Mushfiq, Nasir all debuted after AAA. Yes we have Imrul, Jahirul, Nazimuddin, but those guys were always "hard-working" types who lacked the inheret "talent" of the aforementioned. Also they came in on the back of a single season of domestic play.

for sure i agree, but people see ashraful especially as a rare talent, and i guess anamul has that to and that's why they think of ash and his failure when thinking of anamul or any hugely talented youngster. but as i said in my post above it's a different time now and the development process is a bit better, players are succeeding a lot more and coming into a better environment than there was back then.

If it was not for that controversial caught behind OUT against the Aussies : source prothom alo by Sarwar Imran, Anamul probably would have led the team at least to the semis and ended up with 400+ runs. Clearly the MVP for this WC U19

Anam certainly proved by now that he is way ahead of average U19 level, par or even better in potential in A team or Academy lot. Knowing the crap and bit these team heardly ever developed any player in out cricket history, Anam surely need much more challenge and quality work that these team can provide. In that sense I think Anam should be placed in national team, playing in eleven or not, let him tour with national team, hang around, practice with big boys and coaches. Physically he is still teen aged and his mind could so time again, which is a concern alright, but with his hungriness and ambition for doing better as he showed so far, being in national team wont do much harm than good compare to A team or Academy. If we drag him to national team, then it must has to be for a long term, no way for a series or like, rather at least for 1 or 2 years long.

Originally Posted by shakibrulz
Congrats Bijoy! Great potential, nothing that we didn't know already. But the problem the closest to him is probably Shoummo and then there's really no one who scores big or consistently.

well in u19s there is no one else near him from the BD boys. from the older felllows it's guys like shuvagata, mominul. but i think anamul is on par with this guys at least.

I rate Bijauy higher than Hom. Not nearly as confident about MH Shouraubh's ability to succeed and sustain success at the highest level, and as much as I want to, won't rate him at that level. I rate SR Rumman higher than him at this point.

SoSa and LKD have long ways to go, and sorry, I don't think Ratul will make it against quality bowlers under pressure.

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